Person:Matthew Gray (1)

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Matthew Gray
b.16 Oct 1822 Plum Twp., Allegheny, PA
d.17 Apr 1893 Denton, Texas, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1821
  1. Margaret GRAY
  2. David Gray1820 - 1883
  3. Matthew Gray1822 - 1893
  4. Sarah Gray1824 - 1889
  5. Samuel GRAYAbt 1829 -
  6. Barbara GRAY1832 - 1832
  7. John W. GRAYAbt 1834 - 1886
  8. Matilda GRAYAbt 1837 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 30 Mar 1844
  1. Charles B. GRAY1845 -
  2. Robert A. GRAYAbt 1848 -
  3. John M. GRAYAbt 1849 -
  4. Lucretia Jane GRAYAbt 1852 -
  5. David F. GRAYAbt 1854 -
  6. Barbara E. GRAYAbt 1857 -
  7. William E. GRAY1860 -
  8. Almira GRAYAbt 1863 -
  9. George Bernard GRAY1870 - 1926
Spouse and Children
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m. 12 May 1878
  1. James M. GRAYAbt 1879 -
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Facts and Events
Name Matthew Gray
Gender Male
Birth? 16 Oct 1822 Plum Twp., Allegheny, PA
Marriage 30 Mar 1844 White Co, INto Nancy Hamilton
Census[2] 1850 Jefferson Twp., Cass, IN
Census[3] 1860 Denton, Texas, United States
Marriage 12 May 1878 to Frances B Reed
Census[6] 1880 Denton, Texas, United States
Occupation? 1850-Farmer
Death[1] 17 Apr 1893 Denton, Texas, United States

1. Matthew Gray was born October 16, 1822, the oldest of three brothers who emigrated to Denton County between 1852 and 1854. They came with several other families from Indiana to Texas, making the long, slow trip by wagon train.

Denton County census rolls in 1860 identified the brothers as Matthew Gray, 37, Samuel Gray, 30, and John W. Gray, 25. Matthew and Samuel were born in Pennsylvania, and John had been born in Ohio. [I did not find John W. in Texas in 1860; he may be the John Gray residing with Robert and Sarah in 1860.]

Like other early settlers, the family built a home along the west banks of the Elm Fork of the Trinity River. Matthew Gray acquired land in what is now the town of Shady Shores. He held real estate valued at $550 in the 1860 census and his personal estate was valued at $1,500.

In 1874, the county tax inventory listed Matthew Gray as owning nine horses and 34 head of cattle with Bartlett Eaves and W.D. Durham.

Matthew Gray was elected Justice of the Peace and was appointed sheriff in 1867, during Reconstruction in Texas.

Matthew Gray married Nancy Hamilton in White County, Indiana, March 30, 1844. They had nine children, four born in Indiana before they traveled to Texas and five born in Texas. They came to Texas in 1854 and lived in McKinney, Collin County, for four years before moving to Denton County, according to the obituary of their oldest son.

2. Owned real estate valued at $2000 (1850).

References
  1. ↑ Bbanta/Source (210).

    "How I Got This Way", Larry Crawford

  2. ↑ Bbanta/Source (346).

    page 403, line 9-13

  3. ↑ Bbanta/Source (353).
  4.   Source (34).
  5.   Source (355).
  6. ↑ T9_1300, p 14
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